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Oral contraceptive:
Talk to your family doc or gynecologist about your oral contraceptive. When taking traditional birth control pills, the active ones are usually the 1st 3wks' worth while the last week's are placebo or sugar pills. You can delay your period by skipping your sugar pills & starting your next month's pack as soon as you finish the previous month. Best to discuss this w/your doc before doing so.
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Yes:
Consult with a gynecologist about how to do this. Basically, you keep taking active birth control pills through the time of your anticipated period. Whether it is safe for you to do this depends on your health history.
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The average cold:
Doesn't usually get you too sick. Although it might be able to delay a period, usually associate delaying period with illness which is a little more substantial than a cold.
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Take continuous:
Take continuous birth control pills. That is skip the last week of placebo pills and go straight to a new pack. That will postpone your period until you finish the second pack and get to the last week. I hope that helps!
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Multiple causes:
Delayed cycles are usually due to delayed ovulation. This is most commonly caused by stress or underlying ovulation disorders. Pregnancy that is early and not detected is another reason. If delayed cycles are common for you, then ovulation disorder is likely and you should seek help because aside form fertility these issues also relate to chronic health in various ways and should be addressed.
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It can:
Clomid (clomiphene) is intended to induce ovulation. Once you ovulate you will either conceive or have a period. The timing of the period can be delayed compared to a non Clomid (clomiphene) cycle.
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It is not the exerci:
Exercise, it is the wt loss from the exercise decreasing your estrogen levels, it depends how much u weigh and what your estrogen level is and what your endometrial lining measures, because if u do not make enough estrogen, you will not build up enough tissue to get a period, so it could be delayed a month or indefinitely, please discuss with your gyn.
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It can:
Short answer: yes. Very common in female marathon runners and other high level athletes. It is thought to be the reaction of the body to prolonged physical stress. Significant mental stress can also change your cycle.
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Late menses:
First is pregnancy. Delayed ovulation which will make the period come 14 days later. If ovulation occurs on day 20, your period (if not pregnant) will start on day 34. Sudden severe stress (suspended ovulation). Polycystic ovarian syndrome; pituitary tumor; recent cervical surgery blocking the canal with scar tissue; large clots in cervical canal; Others more rare.
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Medication available:
There are hormone pills available that have to be taken at least 3 days before the expected onset of a menstrual period to effectively delay the menses. They need to be prescribed by a doctor.
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Haven't heard of...:
Haven't heard of a way to stop or delay a woman's natural cycles without using hormonal drugs. Mother nature has a mind of her own, and doesn't want women to alter their internal clocks.
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